[Proposal] Use of a subdomain for Qt in Education
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Since you now have a lot of learning materials available, I would suggest using a subdomain for all materials related with Qt in Education. I would suggest something like:
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I think that is a great idea, it will be upgrade navigation on the site and you can remember link like http://edu.qt.nokia.com/ but this http://qt.nokia.com/services-partners/qt-in-education/qt-in-education-course-material is a little difficult :) and maybe with time this subdomain can be multi language of course with help from qt community :)
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What's wrong with the already existing http://qt.nokia.com/learning?
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[quote author="Volker" date="1294079398"]What's wrong with the already existing http://qt.nokia.com/learning?[/quote]
Even I feel that there is no issue with the current links. Even the current developer homepage gives good amount of visibility to learning and certification.
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Good to get feedback including all opinions! Don't forget to "vote" with the respective poll ;)
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[quote author="Volker" date="1294079398"]What's wrong with the already existing http://qt.nokia.com/learning?[/quote]
Nothing is "wrong"! The proposal goes with a subdomain-approach instead of a directory-approach. And ... it is just a proposal! :)
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[quote author="QtK" date="1294082694"]
... Even the current developer homepage gives good amount of visibility to learning and certification.[/quote]Yes it does, and it is a positive thing. However, since I see the learning-related information growing fast, it could emphasize how useful Qt is for education with this. Just my 2 cents ;)
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[quote author="Volker" date="1294091314"]IMHO, a new subdomain does not automatically promote the contents. I thinks it's much more important to put the links to some prominent place.[/quote]
I totally agree with this! :)
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I agree "http://qt.nokia.com/services-partners/qt-in-education/qt-in-education-course-material":http://qt.nokia.com/services-partners/qt-in-education/qt-in-education-course-material is cumbersome, but not sure about having a separate sub-domain either..
The learning pages are related, but Qt in Education is focused on learning for a different audience (teachers and students at educational institutions). That doesn't always matter, but sometimes it does.
Thanks for all the thoughts, though. If you have more, keep them coming, and I am sure we'll at least be able to find a better solution than today's.
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Just noticed that today the "home page ":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/ has focused on Qt Education. May be its just due to the release of course material.
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Though we have http://qt.nokia.com/learning there should also be a http://qt.nokia.com/teaching?
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[quote author="Hanne" date="1294145191"]...
The learning pages are related, but Qt in Education is focused on learning for a different audience (teachers and students at educational institutions). That doesn't always matter, but sometimes it does.
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Very interesting answer Hanne! :)
I would just like to point out the importance of the part of your answer that I quote. I would agree that Qt's learning pages and Qt in Education is not always synonymous.
Anyway, if you think that a subdomain is to much, you could always go for an "edu" subdirectory such as
specifically focused on education.
To conclude, you have, IMHO, a good thing going on here (with the GPL/LGPL licenced Qt SDK and with Qt in Education) and it is my intention (and the intention of other teachers/professors/researchers/etc) to help. :)
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[quote author="Wolf P." date="1294349353"]I voted yes ;) Am I the bad guy?[/quote]
I -obviously- voted yes as well, so if you are correct that would make us ... two bad guys! ;)